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General Guidelines

Current missions and facilities should request Special Sessions to present results.

Town Halls are intended for federal agencies and national observatories to present policy information and to solicit feedback from their user communities.

Future missions and facilities can utilize exhibits, Workshops, Splinter Meetings, or web sites to provide information to the community.

Special Sessions

Date

Description

15 May

Session Proposals Due

30 July

Final Session Descriptions and Titles DueSessions titles and descriptions are posted in the online general schedule and published in the Meeting Program. If your proposal text needs to be updated to be publication-ready, do so by this date.

15 August

Speaker List Deadline Please submit your full and confirmed speaker list by this date, including all speaker affiliations. Once the speaker lists are received, we will send each speaker a link for abstract submission.

1 October

Special Session Speaker Abstract Deadline Speakers in Special Sessions will submit their abstract by this date.

8 October 12 noon ET

Session Building Deadline Session organizers will receive Session Building information, allowing you to organize speakers and accept or decline contributed abstracts. Session Building must be complete by this date, at 12 noon ET.

15 December

A/V Equipment Request Deadline If your speakers require any additional A/V equipment than what is provided, please send that request to us by this date.

Special Session Reminders:

We will contact session organizers by the first week in July regarding your proposal status (accepted or declined).

Session speakers will be sent a link to submit an abstract to the special session. This link will allow the abstract to be directly submitted to the special session.

Session organizers will receive the Session Building link a few days before the Session Building deadline, so please be prepared to complete this process within the few days that are allocated.

Session organizers will automatically be assigned as their Session Chairs unless we are advised otherwise.

Town Halls

Date

Description

15 May

Town Hall Proposals Due

30 July

Final Session Descriptions and Titles DueSessions titles and descriptions are posted in the online general schedule and published in the Meeting Program. If your proposal text needs to be updated to be publication-ready, do so by this date.

15 December

A/V Equipment Request Deadline If your speakers require any additional A/V equipment than what is provided, please send that request to us by this date.

Town Hall Reminders:

Town halls are intended for federal agencies and national observatories to present policy information and to solicit feedback from their user communities.

Current missions and facilities should request special sessions to present results. Future missions and facilities can utilize exhibits, workshops, splinter meetings, or websites to provide information to the community.

We will contact Town Hall organizers by the first week in July regarding your proposal status (accepted or declined).

Town Hall organizers will automatically be assigned as their Session Chairs unless we are advised otherwise.

Workshops

Date

Description

1 August

Workshop Proposals Due

1 August

Final Workhop Descriptions and Titles DueSessions titles and descriptions are posted in the online general schedule and published in the Meeting Program. If your proposal text needs to be updated to be publication-ready, do so by this date.

14 November

Catering Order Deadline

15 December

A/V Equipment Request Deadline If you require any A/V equipment please send that request to us by this date.

Workshop Reminders:

We will contact workshop organizers by the first week in August regarding your proposal status (accepted or declined).

Organizers are responsible for all costs associated with the workshop including, but not necessarily limited to: Adminstrative/Room fee, catering, A/V equipment, internet, phone services and all applicable taxes and service charges.

Please be sure to place an A/V order with us if necessary, as workshops do not come with standard equipment.

Workshops will be posted in the online general schedule and published in the Meeting Program.

If you would like your workshop to be listed on the AAS Registration Workshop form, please let us know.

The Adminstrative/Room fee may be collected prior to the meeting. All other charges will be billed by the AAS to the organizer or sponsor following the meeting.Workshop Proposal Form

Splinter Meetings

Date

Description

14 November

Public Meeting Request Deadline (published in Program)

14 November

Catering Order Deadline

15 December

A/V Equipment Request DeadlineIf you require any A/V equipment please send that request to us by this date.

15 December

Private Meeting Request Deadline (not published in Program)

Splinter Meeting Reminders:

Splinter Meetings are accepted continually, and are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis based on meeting room availability.

Splinter Meeting organizers must be registered to attend the meeting, and be Full Members of the AAS.

Splinter Meetings can be either private or public, and can range from just a few people to hundreds of attendees.

Organizers are responsible for all costs associated with the splinter meeting including, but not necessarily limited to: Adminstrative/Room fee, catering, A/V equipment, internet, phone services and all applicable taxes and service charges.

Please be sure to place an A/V order with us if necessary, as splinter meetings do not come with standard equipment.

If your splinter meeting is public it will be posted in the online general schedule and published in the Meeting Program. Private splinter meetings are not published.

All requests submitted after the deadline will be assigned based upon availability and will not be included in the Meeting Program.

The Adminstrative/Room fee may be collected prior to the meeting. All other charges will be billed by the AAS to the organizer or sponsor following the meeting.

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